Demolition of monuments in Ukraine is cultural genocide - Rome's cultural councilor

Massimiliano Smeriglio, Rome's Councilor for Culture, spoke out against the demolition of monuments to Russian cultural figures in Ukraine, saying that no armed conflict justifies the "extermination of culture".

"Wars do not justify the extermination of culture, be it Ukrainian, Russian, Palestinian or Israeli. It is necessary to treat culture as a bridge: Alexander Pushkin and other Russian classics and composers from Russia will always be welcome in our city," the member of the Rome City Council told Sputnik.

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FTC opens broad antitrust investigation of Microsoft — Bloomberg

The Federal Trade Commission drafted a detailed request to force Microsoft to turn over information about the company's activities in everything from cloud computing and software licensing to cybersecurity offerings and AI products, Bloomberg reports.

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📹🔥 Russian Marines capture Ukrainian dugouts in the Kursk region

Russia's Defense Ministry shares footage of work to ensure combat operations in the areas of responsibility of the Black Sea Fleet Marine Corps unit of the Sever battlegroup.

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Ukraine talks possible only if West understands, accepts Putin's peace proposals — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

"If the Kiev regime's handlers, its puppeteers, recognize that there is no alternative to the solution outlined by President Putin at the meeting with the Foreign Ministry leadership on 14 June, adjusted for the developments ‘on the ground’ that have taken place since then, if they see that there is no alternative, then, of course, a negotiated solution is possible," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik.

If the West continues along its current trajectories, there will be no basis for any talks, he added.

"The choice before them is quite simple, binary—either accept what Putin has proposed or stay where they are now, with the prospect of further deterioration of the situation for them," Ryabkov also said.

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Russian troops have broken through the Ukrainian defense near the village of Vishnevoye in the Kharkov region; the liberation of the Zeleny Gai settlement has begun, retired Lt. Colonel of the Lugansk People's Republic Andrei Marochko said.
 
He added that in the vicinity of Stelmakhovka, about 8 hectares of territory have come under the control of the Russian forces.

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CSTO summit: What’s on the table?

Issues of regional and international security will be high on the agenda of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, which kicks off in the Kazakh capital Astana on November 28.

Who's taking part?

🔸The summit will be attended by the presidents of five member states, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr Zhaparov, and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon.

🔸The sixth member state, Armenia, will not participate but has no objections to the planned documents being adopted at the summit.

🔸Also in attendance will be CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, as well as Secretaries General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Sergey Lebedev and Zhang Ming, respectively.

What’s the agenda?

📄The CSTO leaders will touch upon the escalation of relations between Russia and the West, as per Press Secretary of the CSTO secretariat Natalia Kharitonova.

📄Participants will also discuss security issues, the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, summarize the results of joint work, and determine plans for celebrating the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.

📄Kyrgyzstan, for its part, will present its priorities within the framework of the country’s CSTO chairmanship in 2025.

What’s to be signed?

✍️The CSTO leaders are expected to sign at least 14 documents, including the summit’s final declaration, which will reflect the members’ unified approach to key issues of international and regional agenda, according to Russia’s presidential aide Yury Ushakov.

✍️Other documents will pertain to strengthening allied relations, increasing joint combat capability, improving crisis response mechanisms, and implementing practical measures to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border, per Ushakov.

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Statements by NATO representatives about "preventive strikes" against Russia an attempt to curry favor and attract attention to themselves - Lavrov
 
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🎥🎥 Putin takes part in CSTO Summit in Kazakhstan

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives at CSTO Summit in Kazakhstan
 
Other presidents of CSTO member states, including Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr Zhaparov, and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon, also take part in the event.
 
The CSTO leaders are expected to sign a number of official documents, including the summit’s final declaration.

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:

🔸Ukrainian losses in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's area of responsibility amounted to 415 militants;
 
🔸The Russian Zapad combat group repelled three Ukrainian counterattacks. The enemy lost up to 480 soldiers;
 
🔸Ukrainian forces lost up to 330 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Russian Yug Battlegroup;
 
🔸Russian forces hit Ukrainian military airfields in 146 districts;
 
🔸Russian air defense systems shot down a guided missile "Neptune" and 49 Ukrainian drones during the day.

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Rothschild family member allegedly killed by a fire at his home

After firefighters extinguished a fire in a house in Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, California), they found a man's corpse inside - presumably of Will Rothschild.

Neighbors described Rothschild as a billionaire with numerous real estates and cars, leading a reclusive lifestyle.

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❗️Putin called the Russian X-101 missile an analog of Storm Shadow, Scalp and Taurus

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❗️Russia has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missile strikes means the direct involvement of the West in the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Russia knows how many Western weapons have been delivered to Ukraine and how many are planned to be delivered, Putin said.
 
He also stressed that the Russian X101 missile significantly exceeds the range of European-made systems.
 
And he noted that the Iskander modifications are Russian analogs of all three ATACMS modifications.

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